4 The Punishment

CHAPTER 4 The Punishment When Mom came in the room she said, "Oh, Stella, what did you do?" That's how I knew it was really, really bad, because usually parents pretend that everything is okay. I started crying even more, and then I couldn't even tell her what happened because it was too hard to talk. Mom rubbed my back, which always helps when I'm sad about something. "I think the gum jumped in her hair,"

第四章 惩罚 妈妈走进房间的时候说：“哦，斯特拉，你做了什么呀？” 这下我知道事情真的、真的糟透了，因为平时爸妈都会装出一切都没问题的样子。 我哭得更凶了，甚至都没法告诉她发生了什么，因为我难过得说不出话。 妈妈摸了摸我的背，每次我难过的时候，这招总能管用。 “我觉得是口香糖自己跳到她头发上的。”

Penny told her. "I'm not going to take my braids out in case it tries to jump in mine." "You got gum in your hair?" Mom asked. "Why didn't you tell me before you took to it with scissors? I could've gotten it out with peanut butter." "I didn't know!" I cried. "It was stuck right by the side." I put my hand by my left ear to show her exactly where. "How was I supposed to know to use peanut butter?" "Or ice works too, Mom said, running her fingers through my hair. "I didn't know about ice either. I tried to pull it out, but I couldn't do it. I thought I could just cut more bangs and it would look the same."

佩妮跟妈妈说。 “我才不要拆掉我的辫子，万一它想跳到我头发上怎么办。” “你头发上沾了口香糖？” 妈妈问。 “你之前怎么不告诉我，就拿剪刀剪头发了呀？ 我本来用花生酱就能把它弄下来的。” “我不知道呀！” 我哭着说。 “它刚好粘在旁边的位置。” 我把手放在左耳朵旁边，指给她看具体的位置。 我怎么知道要用花生酱呀？” “用冰也可以的。”妈妈一边说，一边用手指捋着我的头发。 “我也不知道用冰也可以呀。 我试过把它拽下来，但是拽不掉。 我以为我多剪点刘海，看起来就会和以前一样了。”

"How did it get in your hair?" Mom asked. "I don't know," I told her. "I was chewing it last night, and then my mouth was tired so I was just going to take a little break, and I guess I fell asleep and it fell out of my mouth and landed in my hair." "But your gum landed on Belinda," Penny said. "I saw it." "I think your sister took another piece after that," Mom said. "When?" Penny asked. "After I went to bed," I admitted. "But that's not fair," Penny said. "I didn't get to have another piece after I went to bed." "I think Stella probably wishes she hadn't had another piece either," Mom said. "I wish I'd never even heard of magic glow-in-the-dark gum," I said. "I hate it so

“它是怎么跑到你头发上去的呀？” 妈妈问。 “我不知道呀。”我跟她说。 “我昨天晚上在嚼它，后来嘴巴嚼累了，我就想歇一小会儿，然后我估计我就睡着了，它从我嘴里掉出来，落到我头发上了。” “可是你的口香糖落到贝琳达身上了呀。”佩妮说。 “我亲眼看到的。” “我觉得你妹妹之后又拿了一块口香糖。”妈妈说。 “什么时候？” 佩妮问。 “我睡觉之后。”我承认道。 “可是这不公平呀。”佩妮说。 我睡觉之后就没有多的口香糖吃了。” “我觉得斯特拉现在 probably 也很后悔自己多拿了那一块口香糖。”妈妈说。 “我真希望我从来没听说过什么夜光魔法口香糖。”我说。 “我太讨厌它了

much." "It's not the gum's fault," Mom said. "Can you fix my hair?" I asked. "I think it's best to let a professional do it," she said. "As soon as it's late enough, I'm going to call Kidz Cuts and make an appointment." "And they'll be able to fix it?" "They can even it out," Mom said. "It'll look better, but you're going to have to wait for it to grow back like it was before." "Is Stella going to get punished because she got an extra piece of gum and it wasn't fair?" Penny asked. "I think she's probably already had punishment enough," Mom told her. I didn't even feel happy about not getting punished because I hated my hair so much. I wanted to go to Kidz Cuts right away, but Mom said it didn't open until nine o'clock, and

。” “这不是口香糖的错呀。”妈妈说。 “你能修好我的头发吗？” 我问。 “我觉得最好还是让专业的人来弄哦。”她说。 “等时间差不多了，我就给儿童剪发店打电话预约。” “他们能修好我的头发吗？” “他们会把头发剪得长短均匀的。”妈妈说。 “看起来会好看很多，不过你得等它慢慢长回原来的样子哦。” “斯特拉多拿了一块口香糖，这不公平，她要受惩罚吗？” 佩妮问。 “我觉得她已经受够惩罚了。”妈妈告诉她。 我甚至都没因为不用受罚觉得开心，因为我实在太讨厌我的头发了。 我想马上就去儿童剪发店，可是妈妈说店要九点才开门，而且

then she had to call to make an appointment. It took forever for it to be the right time. When Mom finally called, the person who answered the phone said our regular haircutter, Joseph, was on vacation. Mom said we'd make an appointment with whoever was available, at the first open slot they had, because it was an emergency. So I got an appointment for ten o'clock with Natalie.

她还得打电话预约。 等合适的时间到，简直等了好久好久。 妈妈终于打电话过去的时候，接电话的人说我们常找的理发师约瑟夫去度假了。 妈妈说我们约谁都行，只要是最早有空的时段，因为这是紧急情况。 所以我约到了十点钟，找娜塔莉剪头发。